Perrie Edwards, soccer star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are engaged

Los Angeles: Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards and soccer player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are engaged and will soon tie the knot.

Edwards, 28, announced their engagement in an Instagram post over the weekend.

"Last night the love of my life got down on one knee and I said YES!" the singer captioned a series of photographs from the special moment.

The engagement comes almost a year after the couple welcomed their first child, son Axel.

Edwards and Oxlade-Chamberlain, 28, first began dating in 2016 but made their relationship public a year later.